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Singapore frees British author on US$7,200 bail
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July 20, 2010, Tuesday
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A British author arrested in Singapore on charges of criminal defamation and contempt of court for a book on the death penalty has been released on a SUS$10,000 (US$7,262) bail.
Alan Shadrake, a 75-year-old freelance journalist who frequently travels between Britain and Malaysia, was freed late yesterday from a Singapore police complex where he was kept since his arrest at a hotel on Sunday.
"I'm feeling pretty shaken at the moment," Shadrake told reporters outside the police complex after he was freed.
"I have to stay in Singapore, I can't leave till the trial," a tired-looking Shadrake said. The trial is set for July 30.
"I've been awake almost the entire time since they dragged me out of bed at 6 a.m. Sunday morning. I've had a few hours sleep on a very hard floor. I've been sitting at a desk being interrogated all day long explaining all the chapters of the book, going into the history of the book, my research, why I did the book."
His book, "Once A Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock", was launched in the city-state on Saturday.
The arrest was made following a report that was lodged by the government's Media Development Authority on Friday, the Singapore police said in a statement.
Shadrake has also been served with an application by the attorney-general for "an order of committal for contempt of court", it said.
Singapore imposes the death penalty for crimes such as murder and a mandatory death sentence for drug trafficking.
The crime rate on the island nation of 5 million people is among the lowest in the world.
Alan Shadrake, a 75-year-old freelance journalist who frequently travels between Britain and Malaysia, was freed late yesterday from a Singapore police complex where he was kept since his arrest at a hotel on Sunday.
"I'm feeling pretty shaken at the moment," Shadrake told reporters outside the police complex after he was freed.
"I have to stay in Singapore, I can't leave till the trial," a tired-looking Shadrake said. The trial is set for July 30.
"I've been awake almost the entire time since they dragged me out of bed at 6 a.m. Sunday morning. I've had a few hours sleep on a very hard floor. I've been sitting at a desk being interrogated all day long explaining all the chapters of the book, going into the history of the book, my research, why I did the book."
His book, "Once A Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock", was launched in the city-state on Saturday.
The arrest was made following a report that was lodged by the government's Media Development Authority on Friday, the Singapore police said in a statement.
Shadrake has also been served with an application by the attorney-general for "an order of committal for contempt of court", it said.
Singapore imposes the death penalty for crimes such as murder and a mandatory death sentence for drug trafficking.
The crime rate on the island nation of 5 million people is among the lowest in the world.
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